Iqwinder Gaheer at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 15th, 2022. See this statement in context.

February 15th, 2022 / 4:50 p.m.

Liberal

Iqwinder Gaheer Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you to the witnesses for making time to be here.

My questions are for Mr. Billedeau.

I know that we speak to Mr. Perrin Beatty frequently, but it's nice to speak to you, Mr. Billedeau.

You mentioned that it takes 15 years to go from plan to mine, so this is a multipart question: Does that include the timeline of finding where the mineral deposits are and the exploration, or is it apart from that, and why does it take so long?

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